Bloomers



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Patented Jan. 21, 1930 UNETED STATES HARRY SURKIN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA BLOOMERS Application filed January 24, 1928. Serial No. 249,108.

My invention relates to bloomers and more particularly to those designed for athletic wear. Such garments are often subjected to considerable strains and stresses and it is necessary to provide suitable fullness in certain parts in order not to hamper the movements of the wearer when performing gymnastic exercises or other movements.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a pair of bloomers which have the necessary fullness and which are strongerin the parts most subject to strains than are other bloomers.

Another object of my invention is to provide such bloomers with improved means for shaping them to the body of the wearer at the points at which they should contact therewith.

The garment constituting the subject of the invention comprises a pair of bloomers having front members stitched together on a central, vertical line and rear members stitched to the front members at the sides of the legs of the wearer. The front portion and the rear portion are connected under the legs by a crotch piece. The upper end of the garment so formed may be provided with suitable means for supporting the same from the waist of the wearer as in the present showing elastic members inserted in circumferential pockets and having clasps at their ends adapted to be secured to the garment. .Similar means may be applied around the lower ends of the legs to fasten the same about the knees I I of the wearer.

Figure 1 is a rear view of a pair of bloomers embodying my invention, and

Figure 2 a bottom plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken on line 33 on Figure 1,

Figure 4: an enlarged cross-sectional view taken on line 1 l on Figure 1, and

Figure 5 a fragmentary cross-sectional view taken on line 5-5 on Figure 1 but drawn to a still larger scale.

Figures 6 and 7 are enlarged detail views of elastic elements forming parts of my invention.

Referring now more in detail to the drawings, the front of the bloomers may be made in any desired manner, as by forming same from front pieces 10 and 11 which are secured to one another by a seam 12 extending from the waist band to the crotch. The rear of the bloomers consists of a single piece 13 secured to front pieces 10 and 11 by seams 14: and 15, respectively, extending down the outsides of the legs and provided with plaits 16 and 17 extending from the waist band to the bottoms of the legs; each plait being preferably disposed about midway of the back of each leg.

The inside or lower edges of rear piece 13 are connected to the corresponding edges of front pieces 10 and 11 by acrotch piece 18 which is of substantial width, as shown in Figure 2. Crotch piece 18 may be formed and applied in any conventional manner, but I find it advantageous to cut this piece on the bias in order that it will better resist longitudinal and transverse strains as it is subjected to strains and stresses from all directions. I also prefer to form crotch piece 18 of double thickness and its inner part may readily be made of a different material than the outer part which is preferably of the same material as the front and rear pieces.

By forming the bloomers in this manner, plaits 16 and 17 provide ample fullness in rear piece 13 to allow perfect freedom of movement of the wearer and, by forming this piece of a single piece of material, all danger of same ripping when subjected to heavy strains is eliminated. By providing crotch piece 18, additional strength is imparted to the garment at a point subjected to great strains and also provides fullness to the garment without sacrificing its fit and appearance.

In order that the garment may be made to fit snugly to the waist of the wearer, 1 provide an inner waist band 19, which is stitched to the front and rear pieces along its edges and provided with a centrally disposed row of stitching 20 across the central part of the top of rear piece 13, as shown in Figures 1 and 5, in order to provide pockets 21 for accommodating elastics 22, one of which is disposed in each pocket 20. Slits 23 are formed in rear piece 13 beneath plait 16 and similar slits 24 formed in rear piece 13 beneath glait 17 so that elastics 22 may be inserte in pockets 21. A small aperture 25 is formed through plaits 16 and 17 at each end of upper pocket 21 and an aperture 26 formed through plaits 16 and 17 at the ends of lower pocket 21 for accommodating the clasps on elastics 22.

Elastic 22 consists of an elastic band 27, each end of which is folded through an eye 28 formed in the body part 29 of a clasp 30. Body part 29 is bifurcated and provided with sockets 31 in which rongs 32 of an eccentric lever 33 are rocka ly mounted and held therein by the ends 34 of the bifurcated portion being folded rearwardly upon themselves. A spring 35 is formed integral with the body part of clasp and adapted to engage the eccentric portion of lever 33 so as to hold same in either open or closed position.

An elastic 22 is inserted through one of the slits 24, carried through lower pocket 21 and extended through the other slit 24. A second elastic 22, .which may be slightly shorter than the lower elastic as shown in Figure 1,

' is similarly inserted in upper pocket 21 and then the levers 33 on both ends of each elastic are inserted through apertures 25 and 26 and swung into closed position, thus securely confining the elastics 22 in pockets 21 and fitting the garment to the waist of the wearer, due to levers 33 extending through apertures 25 and 26 and gripping the cloth; it being understood that elastic bands 27 are adjusted to the size of the wearer.

A-hem 36 is formed in the bottom of each leg and adapted to contain an elastic 37 which consists of an elastic band 38 having one end secured in the eye 28 of a clasp 30 and having a loop39 formed on its other end. .Each hem 36 is provided with an opening 40 through which elastic 37 may be inserted and passed around through hem 36, as shown in Fi ure 4, and loop 39 engaged by clasp 30; 1t leing understood that elastic 37 is adjusted to the requirements of the wearer.

With bloomers made in this manner, the

elastics at the waist and in the bottoms of the legs may readily be removed when the garment is washed and may be easily replaced whenever their elastic properties are lost or weakened from any cause.

The garment hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying drawings is intended to illustrate one embodiment of my invention and it is to be understood that various changes may be made therein without departing rom the principles of the invention as herein set forth and hereinafter claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new-and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A pair of bloomers including front pieces, a crotch piece of substantial width secured to the front pieces, a rear piece secured to the front pieces and to the crotch piece, composed of a single piece of material and havin apertures near its upper edge, plaits forme in the rear piece on the ap roximate center line of the legs and exten ing from top to bottom of the arment, elastics in the top of the rear iece or shaping the garment to the body of t e wearer, clamps on the elastics for securing them to the rear piece, and levers on the clam s extending through the apertures and over apping the plaits.

In testimony whereof I have signed my' name to this specification.

HARRY SURKIN. 

